ICYMI: June 2-8
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Nicemangos (a/k/a Eiynah)
Podcaster Eiynah (@nicemangos) used to be a New Atheist fellow traveller, admiring the likes of Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins. But as the movement’s right-wing, Western chauvinist worldview became more explicit, she’s since emerged as one of its sharpest critics.
Federal McKinsey contracts are a symptom of neoliberal decay
Overshadowed by the latest hysteria over foreign interference in Canadian elections is a new report from Auditor General Karen Hogan, who found the federal government to be violatin…
Few disagreements on display at final ANDP leadership debate
This piece was published in partnership with the Progress Report. Attendees of the Alberta NDP’s final leadership debate had to really squint to see any major policy disagreements on stage at the Edmonton Convention Centre on June 2. Pa…
Over at the Progress Report, I revealed that four of the people the UCP appointed to the University of Alberta and Grant MacEwan University boards on June 6 have donated a combined $15K to the ruling party.
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